What pain points does blockchain cater to
e to the decentralized accounting method, open and traceable data, intelligent contract to ensure trusted transactions and other characteristics of the technology itself, blockchain is a perfect match for various applications in finance, logistics and other fields. However, e to the market's low acceptance of blockchain technology and the incomplete development and basic conditions of related instries, the technology has not been widely used in related instries. However, some instries with concentrated indivial users are ahead. The game instry has a huge demand for users to buy and sell game equipment, and the game equipment belongs to digital assets, Transaction has financial attributes, and it is also an ideal scenario for the application of blockchain technology< br />
looking at the current domestic blockchain games, dozens of them have appeared in recent half a year, but most of them are pet nurturing games with pictures and words to explain the rules, which have little entertainment value. Some Internet reports also mentioned that it only takes about five days to a blockchain pet game. It can be imagined that the blockchain game copied by such a simple method is difficult to be well designed and even less attractive to players. There are also other types of blockchain games, such as real estate games. Users can use tokens in game scenes to purchase land, services and procts in the virtual world, obtain property rights, and build buildings on their own land. But this kind of game in the country to do more influential is rare< br />
the combination of blockchain and games is supposed to improve the convenience and effectiveness of game digital asset management with blockchain technology, so as to enhance the overall use experience of players. However, the current domestic mainstream practice is to find suitable landing applications for blockchain technology, and reluctantly implant blockchain technology with simple and crude games, This practice of "block chain for the sake of blockchain" undoubtedly deviates from the design intention of the game itself from the source, which is the pain point of the domestic blockchain game instry< br />
in fact, many popular games on the market do not have very complex design ideas, as long as the extremely simple operation can help white-collar workers relieve the pressure of intense work. Simple but not hasty. Users play simple games, designers often spend more time in the game development stage. For example, an Auckland miner game, which is popular in New Zealand recently, uses the mutual help between human beings and elves in the magic world to connect simple story clues, and takes the beautiful natural scenery of Auckland island under different geographical environments, such as forests, caves and glaciers, as the basis of game art design. Although the play method is simple, the picture is beautiful. Players can "hire" miners to dig gold coins with the game token. Of course, the gold mining capacity will vary with the miner's level, and different mining tools will also affect the gold mining effect. The game also has a "steal" gold coin mechanism, that is, players can invite friends to participate in the game, and in the case of friends "not in the mine", they can take the opportunity to steal the other party's gold coins, so as to quickly increase their wealth. Of course, "steal" also have a way, as long as the player requisition "guard dog" guard "mine", can avoid the loss of theft. This part of the game is very similar to the popular "stealing vegetables" game in recent years. Although it is not innovative, it caters to the interactive nature of social media, which is one of the reasons why the game can rapidly expand the overseas Chinese circle. For game users, this kind of game does not need to be thought-provoking, and they do not need to concentrate on it. Players can "steal" people's gold coins while chatting with others. I believe this kind of "secret joy" is also a small sense of achievement for many players to play this game< br />
of course, as a blockchain game, Auckland miners also provide game profit channels for players, that is, while playing the game, players can earn tokens by mining, and get appropriate returns while paying the time cost. This is also one of the important reasons why many blockchain games can attract a large number of fans< br />
the success factors of Auckland miner game are briefly analyzed, including simple game logic, interactive social attribute, token profit mechanism, and finally the art design of the game itself. The original intention of players to participate in the game is to get entertainment and relaxation from the game. Therefore, pleasing art design and game interface are also the key to the success of any game. At this point, Auckland miners game takes the beautiful natural environment of New Zealand as the background of the story, and has natural advantages, which will also help this game to become popular quickly.
at present, the fields closely combined with blockchain include finance (major banking institutions), digital assets (bumeng network), intelligent contract (Ethereum), etc. the game field is considered as one of the categories of digital assets in the instry, which will give birth to new scenarios and business opportunities
from the perspective of existing solutions or applications, the combination of game and blockchain technology mainly lies in two aspects: first, asset circulation; 2、 Platform
first, asset circulation, which is the main solution of bumeng in the game field. Virtual assets such as tokens in the game are regarded as digital assets and circulated based on blockchain, which has the advantages of more convenient circulation and lower cost. For example, some big game companies have 10 games. The game currency of these games is connected through blockchain technology. The gold coin of game a is still useful when it comes to game B. in this way, if the user of game a does not want to play game a, he may prefer to choose other games of the company because of the gold coin in game A. for the game company, It can better circle users. For users, it can ensure that their virtual assets will not be devalued, thus stimulating the transactions in the game. For small game companies, their user diversion is a high cost thing. If they unite to share the virtual assets in the game, they can attract users of other games
Second, platform, which is the decentralized E-sports platform on Ethereum - what the first drop of blood is doing now, is to solve the trust problem of the central platform based on the decentralization of blockchain technology, and use the smart contract to solve the reward payment problem. It is a bit similar to gambling. Compared with the current gambling platform, the rules are more open and transparent, and there is no problem of platform fraud. And with smart contracts, the process is simpler. Therefore, gambling and competitive games can be considered to cooperate with the blockchain platform
these two solutions are common in the field of blockchain, and there may be more solutions. You are welcome to discuss them with me in the comments area.
in addition, although the laws of most countries protect the virtual assets in the game, the game assets still rely heavily on the survival of procts. In special cases (such as online game service), users' virtual assets are likely to become worthless
the emergence of blockchain technology is expected to change the situation of players' virtual asset circulation and limited transaction. By converting digital props into encrypted assets through blockchain, the transaction threshold and transaction risk of players can be reced, and the transaction of players is no longer limited to a single game / platform.
2, value, in traditional games, is just playing games, which has no investment value, while blockchain games can bring users collection value and actual income. And the revenue and data information won't disappear, and the blockchain data will last forever
3. In traditional games, monopoly can only be broken in a certain game field, that is to say, the traditional game market is a monopoly market, and blockchain games may break the monopoly of the market.
Since 2017, the concept of blockchain, which has been popular all over the society and the world, is still heating up, attracting people and social funds; Boost bitcoin, as well as similar network "encrypted digital currency" (such as ether coin, Wright coin, etc.) price rise, created a lot of "overnight rich" myth. The argument that digital currency and blockchain will subvert tradition and profoundly change the world is constantly rising. The start-up and development of blockchain seems to be coming like a roaring sea, but it is more and more concentrated in coin making and speculation, and more and more trapped in the thinking and paradigm of "bitcoin blockchain" of mining and coin making
in the case that bitcoin must be exchanged with fiat money and must join the network trading platform and other auxiliary links in order to play a greater function, the characteristics of bitcoin blockchain such as area center and disintermediation may have serious problems. In the real world, if the transfer of monetary assets is operated through the bitcoin blockchain system, it will actually increase the intermediary link rather than disintermediation. Moreover, because the bitcoin system is highly anonymous and deliberately evades supervision, it is difficult to fully meet the requirements of anti money laundering and anti-terrorism transportation. On the contrary, many new serious problems may arise, Many arguments about bitcoin and blockchain are difficult to hold
those unseen pain points
the so-called labels of bitcoin blockchain, such as "decentralization", "democracy, equality and freedom", can not stand scrutiny; The truth is that if it puts too much emphasis on "decentralization", it will affect efficiency; Bitcoin has not yet become a real currency; The ICO type fund-raising method is not concive to the development of blockchain... But when people enthusiastically pursue blockchain like faith, they can not see these "pain points":
first, bitcoin blockchain is difficult to build a decentralized, democratic and equal society
bitcoin blockchain system envisages the establishment of an equal and democratic world for all participants, but in fact, the core team of coding maintenance and the main forces involved in mining and operation are not so equal and democratic. Due to the influence of computer computing power, the mining and acquisition of bitcoin are not equal as advertised. As a result of competition, the opportunities of mining and acquiring bitcoin are more and more concentrated on a small number of mining pools or nodes with powerful computing power. However, more and more people are involved in mining, consuming resources, but they may not be able to obtain bitcoin. This makes bitcoin more occupied by a few people, and will enhance its voice or influence on the adjustment of network rules
secondly, there are strict conditions for bitcoin blockchain to "de trust" and "de mediate" point-to-point transactions
No, all right. If block currency is used for trading in the game or something. It's likely to touch the penalty area. No contact< br />
foreign exchange refers to the foreign currency held by a country and the means of payment expressed in foreign currency for international settlement
the concept of foreign exchange can be divided into static and dynamic
1. Static concept
the static concept of foreign exchange refers to the payment means in foreign currency that can be used for international settlement. This means of payment includes credit instruments and securities expressed in foreign currency, such as bank deposits, commercial bills, bank drafts, bank cheques, long-term and short-term government securities, etc
2. Dynamic concept:
the dynamic concept of foreign exchange is a kind of specialized business activity that changes one country's currency exchange into another country's currency in order to pay off international creditor's rights and debts. It is the abbreviation of international exchange
here, it should be pointed out that the currencies of some countries are not freely convertible in the international market, so they can only be counted as foreign currency, not foreign exchange< What is the exchange rate
exchange rate, also known as exchange rate, refers to the price of one country's currency expressed in another country's currency, or the comparison between the two countries' currencies. Usually expressed by the exchange ratio between two currencies. For example: USD / CNY = 1 / 7.2456, that is, the exchange rate between us dollar and RMB is 1: 7.2456, which can also be said that 1 US dollar needs to be purchased with RMB 7.2456< Third, the characteristics of the exchange rate
EUR 0.9705
JPY 119.95
GBP 1.5237
CHF 1.5003
2. The minimum change unit is one point, that is, the change unit of the last digit
EUR 0.0001
JPY 0.01
GBP 0.0001
CHF 0.0001
3. The rise and fall are described by "dots"
according to market practice, the price of foreign exchange rate is usually composed of five significant figures, which are counted from the right to the left, and the first one is called & quot; X dots;, It is the smallest unit of exchange rate change; The second is called & quot; X ten points;, And so on
for example: 1 euro = 1.1011 US dollars; 1 dollar = 120.55 yen
the euro against the dollar changed from 1.1010 to 1.1015, saying that the euro against the dollar rose by 5 points
the dollar against the yen changed from 120.50 to 120.00, saying that the dollar against the yen fell by 50 points< (4) the pricing method of exchange rate
1. Direct pricing method
direct pricing method is a method of expressing the exchange rate of a certain unit of foreign currency in domestic currency. Generally, how much foreign currency of one unit or 100 units can be converted into domestic currency. At present, most countries in the world use the direct pricing method, and China also uses the direct pricing method, such as the US dollar to RMB ratio is 1:6.4906.
2. Indirect pricing method
indirect pricing method is the foreign currency to express the exchange rate of a certain unit of domestic currency. Generally speaking, how much foreign currency can be converted from one unit or 100 units of local currency. At present, only a few countries in the world use indirect pricing method, such as British pound, euro, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar and Irish pound. For example, for the UK, the exchange rate of pound sterling to RMB is 1: 9.4471, which is the indirect pricing method< What are the main procts and symbols
according to international practice, the name or code of currency is usually represented by three English letters
US dollar: USD
British Pound: GBP
Euro: EUR
Japanese Yen: JPY
Canadian Dollar: CAD
Swiss Franc: CHF
Australian Dollar: aud
New Zealand Dollar: NZD
6. Who are the market participants
participants in the foreign exchange market mainly include central banks, commercial banks, non bank financial institutions, broker companies, self dealers and large multinational enterprises. They trade frequently with huge amount of money, and each transaction is worth several million dollars or even more than ten million dollars. Generally speaking, there are three motivations for their participation:
1) through trade and investment, international enterprises convert foreign profits into domestic currency
2) for hedging, the finance director and fund manager will also use the foreign exchange market to rece the risk of price fluctuation in futures trading< 3) speculative profit< What are the major foreign exchange markets in the world< At present, there are more than 30 major foreign exchange markets in the world, which are distributed in different countries and regions on all continents of the world. Among them, the most important are London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris in Europe, New York and Los Angeles in America, Sydney in Australia, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong in Asia< 8. Trading hours of major foreign exchange markets. Each foreign exchange market in the world alternates with each other in business hours, forming a circular operation pattern< 9. What are the ways to buy foreign exchange
1. Bank. At present, many banks can handle personal settlement and sales of foreign exchange business, foreign exchange settlement of trading companies, personal purchase of foreign exchange for overseas travel expenses and other non speculation foreign exchange situations also choose to go to the bank to apply for foreign exchange
2. Platform dealers. At present, China has allowed indivials or institutions to exchange foreign exchange online. Indivials or institutions that speculate in foreign exchange can trade foreign exchange through platform dealers.